That means the animals can have more freedom and wander over larger areas.

This is the first time the Malaysian government has made such a big effort to reverse the drop in tiger numbers instead of just slowing it down.

Body parts

Tigers in Malaysia have been protected by wildlife laws since the early 1970s, but they're still hunted because of the demand for their meat and body parts, which are sometimes used in Chinese medicine.

Officials reckon that's one of the main reasons, along with destruction of the jungle where they live, that the number of wild tigers has dropped from 3,000 to just 500 over the past 50 years.